3.1. Version 6.0.4 (2019-01-28)

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

  • Virtualization core: support Shanghai/Zhaoxin CPUs.

  • User interface: handle command line arguments to VirtualBox correctly (bugs #18206 and #18197)

  • User interface: improvements to machine manager window, virtual optical disk creator, storage selector window and log viewer window

  • User interface: various small fixes and improvements

  • Audio: implemented time scheduling for the AC'97 device emulation to keep audio and video in sync

  • Graphics: basic support for VMSVGA graphics device in virtual machines using EFI

  • Network: fix occasional NATNet crashes (bug #13899)

  • Network: worked around problems in certain PCnet drivers on old operating systems

  • Serial: fixed connecting to pseudo terminals on POSIX hosts (6.0.0 regression; bug #18319)

  • Linux hosts and guests: fix for building kernel modules against Linux 5.0. Thank you Kyle Laker